>>23210045Well, one of the reasons I didn't really hate the lack of Pokemon too much was that Gen V was my favorite design-wise (My two favorite starters are both from it), and the first Gen V main-series games had no older-generation Pokemon in it until postgame, so it wasn't that big of a change.
The lack of hunger was the biggest downside for me, because I like a lot of traditional roguelikes, getting rid of that aspect dumbed down the series way more than I would ever care for.
